Chopper rescues stranded travellers

Police say two men were lucky to have been rescued by helicopter after becoming stranded on a closed road in Queensland's Gulf Country.

A group of people had been trying to drive a car from Mount Isa to Doomadgee when it became bogged on a dirt road at the weekend.

Another man and a woman from the car raised the alarm after walking about 50 kilometres to Gregory Downs.

Inspector Paul Biggin says investigations are continuing but it was a dangerous situation.

"Once again the reasons why they were out there on that road under those conditions knowing that they would become bogged, that certainly will be investigated but at this stage it's grateful that the man has been found alive and been brought back to get medical treatment," he said.

Inspector Biggin says one of the stranded men had an existing medical condition and was flown to the Townsville Hospital for treatment.

"So far as the reasons why they were out there and what they were doing will certainly be followed through because as you know there's a lot of time and effort put into recovering these people from these bogged roads, especially those that are inundated with water, so that'll be followed through and we'll have the answers to that in the next couple of days hopefully," he said.